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Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 21, 2018 – The Washington University in St. Louis women's basketball team defeated Carnegie Mellon University 83-69 Sunday afternoon in University Athletic Association (UAA) play at the Skibo Gymnasium in Pittsburgh.

The Bears improved to 12-4 overall and 3-2 within the UAA, while Carnegie Mellon fell to 9-7 and 1-4 in the UAA. WashU outrebounded the Tartans 44-35 and outscored Carnegie Mellon 34-28 in the paint.

Four of the Bears starting five converted baskets on WashU's opening four possessions. Homoly, senior Shelby Mann, Orr and Schmelter helped WashU to an 8-5 lead. The Tartans scored the next basket but a 13-0 run pushed WashU ahead by 14 points. Carnegie Mellon halved the gap but a last second basket by Botkin gave WashU a 30-20 advantage going into the second quarter.

Mann was one of the Bears catalysts in the second as she scored the quarters first basket to open an 8-2 WashU run. The Red & Green's lead swelled to 20 points, 49-29, at the half when juniors Sondag, Botkin, Niki Sharma and Caroline Ballard closed out the first half scoring on a 9-0 run.

Back-to-back triples by Orr and Sondag opened the second half scoring for WashU. A layup by Sharma and two free-throws by Sondag gave the Bears their largest advantage of the game, 65-37. WashU led 67-43 at the end of the quarter.

Carnegie Mellon continued to cut into the Bears lead in the fourth quarter, trimming the WashU edge to 11 points with 1:45 left. Clark-Callender found Orr for a three-pointer in the corner to help the Bears maintain a double digit lead with 1:24 remaining. Homoly closed out the scoring for the game as the Bears won 83-69.

Up next for the Bears is another UAA road trip beginning Friday at 6 p.m. (ET) against No. 7 University of Rochester. Be sure to stay up to date on all your Bears scores and awards by following @WashUBears on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.